To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 11:50:49 -0600
(unstable; aptitude v. 0.2.14.1-2 )
I just discovered 'aptitude forbid-version', which supposedly allows you
to tell aptitude to skip the current version of a package. It allows
you to avoid buggy versions without manually dealing with holds. Very
nice.
Only problem, I'm not sure it works. When I mark certain packages as
forbidden (and I know they are, because they show up with an F in the
status field), then type "aptitude install" at the command line, it
lists the "forbidden" packages among the packages to be upgraded.
What am I missing?
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monique
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